Genus Haloprofundus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Haloprofundus Zhang et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Haloprofundus marisrubri Zhang et al. 2017.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals, halos, salt; L. adj. profundus, deep; N.L. masc. n. Haloprofundus, salt organism from the deep sea.
Valid publication: ZHANG, G., GU, J., ZHANG, R., RASHID, M., HAROON, M. F., XUN, W., RUAN, Z., DONG, X. and STINGL, U. 2017. Haloprofundus marisrubri gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a brine-seawater interface. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 009-016.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Haloprofundus marisrubri Zhang et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SB9=JCM 19565=CGMCC 1.14959.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KJ999759.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: LOPU00000000.
Etymology: L. n. mare, maris, the sea; L. adj. ruber, red; N.L. gen. n. marisrubri, of the Red Sea.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: ZHANG, G., GU, J., ZHANG, R., RASHID, M., HAROON, M. F., XUN, W., RUAN, Z., DONG, X. and STINGL, U. 2017. Haloprofundus marisrubri gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a brine-seawater interface. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 009-016.
Original article in IJSEM Online